In an extract from her new book, the Prague-born food writer shares two ways to preserve summer vegetables so they can be savoured year-round

Preserving the abundance of summer produce is a wonderful way to extend the season long after the gardens have faded. Opening a jar in the colder months offers more than just something good to eat; it also holds joy, patience and memories. When winter comes knocking, we are ready with something sweet, sour or salty waiting on the shelf, reminding us that summer will return and the sun will shine again.

Study finds device brings significant fall in chest pain in 75% of patients, but further trials and NHS approval are needed

“It’s an amazing relief, both physically and emotionally, to be able to live my life again normally, without feeling that I’m limited all the time in what I can do.”

Cristian Jensen is describing the difference that an implant inserted in his chest – to reduce the symptoms of his debilitating angina – has had on his life.

Known for selling cheap clothing, the online retailer has seen its value drop sharply from earlier estimates amid scrutiny over its environmental footprint

Shein will debut on the Hong Kong stock exchange on 1 September, the fast-fashion retailer said on Monday, in a long-awaited listing that would value the group at close to $27bn.

Founded in China and now headquartered in Singapore, the online retailer secured Beijing’s approval last month to make its initial public offering in Hong Kong.

Press Association given list of 65 items from publicly owned collection that have gone missing since 2024

A photograph of Benjamin Disraeli, an engraved portrait of William Wilberforce and a cartoon of Barbara Castle have all been misplaced by the UK parliamentary authorities, a freedom of information (FoI) request has revealed.

The Press Association has been given a list of more than 65 works of art that have been missing since 2024. They also include a photograph of Margaret Beckett, the UK’s first female foreign secretary and the first woman to lead Labour, and a satirical cartoon by Martin Rowson from the Conservative leadership battle of 1995.

No longer banned from next year’s presidential election, Le Pen is a far more formidable force than her understudy, Jordan Bardella

France loves a battle-scarred survivor. Charles de Gaulle, François Mitterrand and Jacques Chirac clawed their way back from political failure to become presidents of the republic. There is a significant chance that Marine Le Pen will be next.

Now that the Paris appeal court has unshackled her from an electoral ban for fraud, the far-right veteran has double appeal in the race for the French presidency next year. She will run, as always, as an outsider and a scourge of the political elites – despite continuously holding electoral office since 1998. She can also now pose as a “miraculous survivor”, a “mother courage” and “a battling granny”, as senior French political figures, including former ministers, described her to me during recent conversations in Paris.

Mujtaba Rahman is the managing director for Europe at Eurasia Group, a political risk research and consulting firm

The comedian dominated Saturday night TV in the 1980s, with his sketch shows attracting 18 million viewers. Next came the West End musicals and sitcoms. But in 2016 he quietly disappeared from the limelight. What happened?

The electronic gates slide open to reveal a gorgeous Portuguese villa, a swimming pool and a beansprout of a man. “You’ve made me feel very important,” says Russ Abbot with a smile. “Come in!”

It’s more than 30 years since Abbot, aged 78, dominated Saturday night TV with his sketches, songs and impersonations. He appealed to all sorts. Kids, parents and grandparents united around the TV – first for Russ Abbot’s Madhouse, which ran from 1980 to 1985, then The Russ Abbot Show, from 1986 to 1991. He was joined by the inimitable Bella Emberg and a cast of young comics, including Les Dennis, Dustin Gee and Michael Barrymore. But make no mistake, it was Abbot’s show and the 80s was his decade. At his peak, he attracted 18 million viewers an episode.

North Shields’ Gabriele Keenaghan was 12 when she was evacuated from Nazi Austria in 1939. She remembers the shock of leaving her family at Westbahnhof station

Gabriele Keenaghan still remembers the day in April 1939 when she said goodbye to her grandmother at a Vienna railway station for a Kindertransport to Britain – tears were strictly forbidden.

“I was apprehensive and I was worried because Nazis in black uniforms were on the platform,” she said. “I was only 12 years old so I think they were frightening … terrifying.

Rightwing voices seize on plans to offer Black children an exclusive afternoon at an outdoor pool in the German capital

It was meant to be an outing for Black children in Berlin and their families, offering them an exclusive afternoon at an outdoor pool set up by a local theatre.

But the plans, slated for earlier this month, had to be scrapped after they were seized on by rightwing and conservative voices to whip up outrage, leaving organisers fending off racist emails and threats.

Bloody noses, ear cleanings, the first sproutings of armpit hair … the photographer reveals how he captured his two babies growing into boys and then men

Not many family photo albums open with images of the twin towers on fire. But for Nick Haymes, it made perfect sense. “When 9/11 happened,” he says, “I realised life was very short.” At the time, he was living in New York, trying to forge a career, while his friend, colleague and future wife Lina was dealing with the fallout of her previous marriage. “It made us realise we should probably get together and have a family. It was this huge historical event, but on a very micro level, it also shaped my relationship with my wife and children.”

Chronograph is a photography book that runs from those terrorist attacks to the present day, tracing the journey of Haymes’s two sons, Philipp and Lawrence, as they grow from drooling babies into young men. We are given a ringside seat as arms get broken, beloved pets die and hairs start sprouting from armpits. The mundane side of life – verrucas, messy kitchens, Lina cleaning out an ear with a cotton bud – is captured in the same way as birthday parties and rites of passage.

Monkey Barrel Comedy, Edinburgh
The frenetic Mancunian turns to quartz in search of inner peace – but his standup remains as crude and self-loathing as ever

I’ve seen two prominent comedians on this year’s fringe argue that your belief system is something you choose. Sign of the strange times, or just a way to justify some far-out comedy? Dan Tiernan’s show is certainly an extreme experience, as he discusses his interest – his faith, supposedly – in healing crystals. Rose quartz for calm, black tourmaline for grounding. Hard not to remark that neither seems to be doing its job well. Tiernan is the least calm and grounded comedian imaginable.

You have to strap in for the ride at the Mancunian’s shows, and Quartz and All is no less so than its predecessors. It opens with Tiernan seething with his usual self-loathing, and cracking a fantastic gag about getting glasses. Now 30, he’s still ambivalent, bordering on hostile, about his sexuality and appearance: the healing crystals are a last resort, he argues, because only magic can redeem a man as freakish and unlovable as he. Such arguments are his prerogative, and he brings his woebegone plight (so lonely, he’s “getting on boats just so someone will wave at me”) to often hilarious, blood-vessel-busting life. But in the shadow of Hannah Gadsby’s Nanette, that brand of internalised-bully comedy can be uneasy viewing.

Een arts uit de Amerikaanse staat Kentucky is betrokken bij de tragische dood van haar kleindochter van nog geen jaar oud. Het meisje werd urenlang achtergelaten in een auto bij een buitentemperatuur van 35 graden.

De 61-jarige vrouw zou op 13 augustus haar kleindochter Sadie Crow naar de opvang brengen voordat zij naar haar werk ging. Maar zij vergat het meisje af te zetten en reed door naar de Owens Health Multicare-kliniek, waar zij rond 08.00 uur parkeerde en naar binnen ging.

Pas rond 16.00 uur sloeg alarm. De vader van het kind wilde zijn dochter ophalen, maar kreeg te horen dat zij die dag nooit bij de opvang was gebracht. Hij nam contact op met zijn vrouw, die vervolgens de grootmoeder belde.

De arts snelde met collega’s naar haar auto. Het meisje zat levenloos in haar kinderzitje op de achterbank. Hulpdiensten konden haar niet meer reanimeren.

Op de dag van het drama liep de buitentemperatuur in de plaatselijke regio op tot 35 graden. In een afgesloten auto kan de temperatuur veel sneller en verder stijgen, wat voor een jong kind al binnen korte tijd levensgevaarlijk kan zijn.

De vrouw is onderzocht op alcohol- en drugsgebruik. In Kentucky is het strafbaar om een kind jonger dan acht jaar in een auto achter te laten met de dood tot gevolg. Afhankelijk van de aanklacht riskeert zij volgens Amerikaanse media een gevangenisstraf.

WEZEP (ANP) - Op de A28 bij Wezep (Gelderland) zijn maandagochtend vroeg meerdere gewonden gevallen bij een ongeluk met een touringcar en een bestelbus. In de bus zouden meer dan vijftig mensen hebben gezeten. Dat meldt de politie.

Er zijn veel hulpdiensten aanwezig. De politie kan nog niets zeggen over een preciezer aantal gewonden.

De snelweg is in beide richtingen afgesloten en er zijn traumahelikopters ingezet. Ook zijn meerdere ambulances aanwezig.

Op de A28 bij Wezep (Gelderland) zijn maandagochtend vroeg meerdere gewonden gevallen bij een ongeluk met een touringcar en een bestelbus. In de bus zouden meer dan vijftig mensen hebben gezeten. Dat meldt de politie.

Er zijn veel hulpdiensten aanwezig. De politie kan nog niets zeggen over een preciezer aantal gewonden.

De snelweg is in beide richtingen afgesloten en er zijn traumahelikopters ingezet. Ook zijn meerdere ambulances aanwezig

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